RIYADH, ATLANTA - 29th April 2015 King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC), a leading tertiary healthcare institution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has chosen Health Matrix and Synensis to conduct and supply actionable and valid patient safety culture measurements to further enhance KFSH&RC's ongoing commitment to improving patient safety culture within its facilities. The engagement will provide actionable and valid information, feedback, and analysis to further enhance KFSH&RC's ongoing commitment to improving patient safety culture.

Hassan AlRayes, MD, Chief Quality Officer of King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre commented, "Our partnership with Synensis-Health Matrix will provide an impartial assessment of our culture enriched with advanced analysis and industry leading approach to ensure the success of KFSH&RC efforts to improve the patient safety culture."

Health Matrix and Synensis will be tasked with assisting KFSH&RC in its culture survey design, administration of the survey, response monitoring, results analysis, benchmarking, and patient safety improvement initiatives. Synensis's Safety Culture Analytics Engine includes the following activities:

  • Survey Planning and Design

  • Survey Administration

  • Survey Analysis and Benchmarking

  • Reports and On Sites Debriefs

  • Improvement Actions and Progress

"We are delighted to be chosen for such an important assignment," said Stephen Powell, chief executive officer and president of Synensis. "This is a further demonstration of KFSH&RC's serious and ongoing commitment to improving patient safety across all its facilities, and we are honored to be part of their effort." 

Abdul Rahman Qasim, Chief Executive Officer at Health Matrix concluded, "We are proud to partner with KFSH&RC to provide world-class surveying and analytics to facilitate KFSH&RC's better understanding of the issues facing them when it comes to enhancing activities revolving around improving patient safety culture." 

About King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) has over one thousand beds, and is a multi-facility, multi-entity tertiary care hospital (with remote sites) and one of the leading healthcare institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Its mission is to provide the citizens of Saudi Arabia with the highest level of patient care in an integrated educational and research setting  equal to the best available in other leading hospitals around the world. In many fields of medical science, KFSH&RC is a recognized leader and, in the Middle East, has been a pioneer in numerous medical programs since being established 40 years ago. The hospital meets the exact standards of JCIA (Joint Commission on International Accreditation).

For further information please visit www.kfshrc.edu.sa

About Synensis
Synensis is committed to helping healthcare organizations worldwide achieve zero harm, and has supported more than 500 hospitals across the world in measuring, analyzing, and improving patient safety and reducing costs. Synensis offers a suite of processes and services that help organizations understand and apply safety culture results by integrating patient safety with both formal and informal learning to reduce preventable harm, improve quality, and increase operating margins.

About Health Matrix
Founded in 2009 with operating offices in Saudi Arabia and Jordan, Health Matrix is a specialized healthcare IT and consultancy company serving healthcare providers and regulators in the Middle East region. With a long-term strategy of improving patient safety, reducing risks, and having better outcomes in the region, the company is focused on helping clients to adopt best-of-breed healthcare IT solutions and consultancy developed by world-class healthcare IT corporations bundled with state of the art consultation and training services which have direct impact on patient safety. These solutions and services were developed and designed with a core principle of elevating the quality of care delivered to healthcare recipients in the areas of patient safety, risk management, workforce management and acuity, HAI case management and surveillance, policies and procedures, healthcare eLearning, and clinical decision support systems.

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